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Design

The MBO-1 has heavy

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with six grooves (420 mm twist rate) and non-detachable internal box magazine. All rifles had a wooden stock and fore-end.

Variants

* MBO-1 (''МБО-1'') - first model, 4.3 kg, 730 mm barrel,

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* MBO-1M (''МБО-1М'') - second model, 5.0 kg, 680 mm barrel * MBO-1K (''МБО-1К'') * MBO-2 (''МБО-2'') - last model, 5.0 kg, 560 mm barrel, with

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and optical sight

Users

* * - is allowed as target rifle * : at least until February 2012 ex-Soviet target rifles were stored in the warehouses of the

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"''5,6 мм гвинтівка МБО-1 ... військова частина А4558, м. Ніжин Чернігівської області''"Розпорядження Кабінету міністрів України № 108-р від 29 лютого 2012 р. "Про утилізацію стрілецької зброї"
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References

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Sources

* Спортивная винтовка МБО-1 // Спортивно-охотничье оружие и патроны. Бухарест, "Внешторгиздат", 1965. стр.99 * Сергей Юрчук, Михаил Коноплев

// журнал "Оружие и охота", № 5, 2011 5.6×39mm firearms Bolt-action rifles of the Soviet Union Izhevsk machine-building plant products